just logged on to my hotmail account and some electronics company has some how got into my account and sent a e-mail to all contacts with a link attached, it happened once before from the same company about 8 months ago

how can i stop this happening?










walkies

i Doubt they actually got into your account, its more likely you have some spyware on your system that is sending out the emails when your logged into your hotmail account.
Try running the following programs to check for spyware,
http://www.superantispyware.com/downloa ... PYWAREFREE
http://www.download.com/3001-20_4-10804 ... 9a291cbcaf

They should take care of any spyware you have

I've had to set up a new e-mail account because the one I have with Yahoo has a permanent problem. Can't access my e-mails.

Dear Sir,

Don't use hotmail.

Hope this helps,

the "mail man"

Agreed!!

What I think you've got there is one of those spoofs that pretends to send an E-Mail out to everyone. I often have one in my spam box, But I've never had anyone responding to these messages and it never seems to appear in the "Sent Items" of my Inbox. Incidently on the Spam Box front, I'm constantly getting E-Mails from every bank under the sun telling me that I need to update my details with them. All these bank accounts and so little time

I update all my bank details on those e-mails but by a strange coincidence I seem to have less and less money in my account.